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Knowledge, attitude, practice and determinant factors of birth preparedness among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College: Cross-sectional study
(2020-08-01)
<strong>Background</strong>: Birth-preparedness is a comprehensive strategy aimed at promoting the timely utilization of skilled health care services to prevent maternal/neonatal morbidity and mortality. This study aimed ...
Magnitude of workplace sexual harassment among female healthcare workers and its associated factors at saint Paul’s hospital millennium medical college: a cross -sectional study
(2020-08-01)
<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sexual harassment against healthcare workers is a major workplace problem causing adverse effects. This study aimed to assess the magnitude of this problem, and its characteristics and ...
Prevalence of depression and associated factors among women seeking infertility care at St. Paul’s hospital Millennium medical college, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(2020-08-01)
<p><strong>Background:</strong> In developing countries, children are highly valued for social, cultural and economic reasons. Infertile and childless women in developing countries are therefore confronted with a series ...
The Magnitude and causes of maternal Near -miss in St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(2020-09-01)
<p><strong>Background</strong>: Because maternal mortality is a rare event, it is important to study maternal near-miss as a complement to evaluate and improve the quality of obstetric care. Maternal near miss is said ...
Discontinuation time and associated factors to discontinuation of long term contraceptive use at St. Paul's hospital millennium medical college and its satellite health centers
(2018-03-01)
<p><strong>Background:</strong> Long acting Family Planning(LAFP) methods such as Implants, despite of meet their needs, can dramatically improve the health and well-being of women, families, and communities. Despite their ...
Maternal and perinatal outcome of clinical chorioamnionities patients admitted to labour ward of St. Paul's millennium medical college: A prospective cohort study
(2018-03-01)
<p><strong>Background</strong><strong>: </strong>Overall, 1–4% of all births in the US are complicated by chorioamnionitis. However, the frequency of chorioamnionitis varies markedly by diagnostic criteria (clinical Vs histologic), specific risk factors and gestational age. Clinical chorioamnionities is associated with a number of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. So far there are no studies that assed prevalence or impact of chorioamnionities in our country.</p>
<p><strong>Objective</strong><strong>: </strong>The main objective of this study is to determine the maternal and neonatal outcome of women with clinical chorioamnionities at St.Paul Hospital Millenium Medical College.</p>
<p><strong>Methods: </strong>Prospective cohort study design was used to determine the the maternal and neonatal outcome of women with clinical chorioamnionities at St.Paul Hospital Millenium Medical College. By using power of 80% and CI of 95%, ratio of sample size unexposed to exposed 2:1 open Epi software auto calculates total smple size of 168, 56 cases and, 112 controls. The controls were those mothers who gave birth immediately after the case matched with gestational age.Selected adverse outcome were compared between pregnancies with and without clinical chorioamnionitis using relative risk and 95% CI.Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS 21 version. Relative risk, 95% confidence intervals (CI) and two-tailed P values were calculated.</p>
<p><strong>Result: </strong>The duration of labour and ROM has statistically significant association with occurrence of chorioamnionities with a p value and relative risk of of 0.020, RR1.538 (1.082 -2.187) and 0.000 RR3.304 (2.201 – 4.961) respectively. Caesarean section rates for dystocia were nearly triple in cases (29.1%, whereas it was 9.8% for controls. Women with chorioamnionities were more likely to have surgical site infection and postpartum endometrities. Likewise, the neonates of women with chorioamnionitis were at increased risk of admission to NICU and to have confirmed sepsis.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Maternal complications dystocia and need for oxytocin labor stimulation and also postpartum wound complication and endometrities are all increased in women with chorioamnionities. Neonates also suffered morbidities related to sepsis and require multiple interventions like antibiotics, anticonvulsants, oxygen support and phototherapy.</p> ...
Perinatal Outcome of Meconium Stained Amniotic Fluid at Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(2018-01-01)
<p><strong>Introduction</strong><strong>: </strong>meconium stained amniotic fluid occurs in 12 to 20% of laboring mothers and it is a confusing issue because it can be due to either physiologic or a hypoxic insult to the ...
INTERPREGNANCY INTERVAL AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES AMONG POSTPARTUM MOTHERS: FACILITY BASED CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
(2021-08-01)
<p><strong>Background </strong></p>
<p>Non optimal (short or long) interpregnancy interval is one of common modifiable obstetric factors which is associated with multiple maternal, obstetric and fetal adverse outcomes ...
Cesarean delivery techniques among Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Ethiopia: Review of practice
(2021-08-01)
<p><strong>Background </strong></p>
<p>Caesarean section is one of the most commonly performed procedures in the world. Even though there is some standard recommendation, there is a wide variation in the surgical techniques ...
KNOWLEDGE,ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS TOWARDS SAFE ABORTION AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AT TERTIARY HEALTH FACILITY IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 2021: CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
(2021-08-01)
<p><strong>Background</strong>: For many Ethiopian women, unsafe abortion is still a reality, and it will remain so until safe abortion is more widely available. However, there is no similar study done so this study was ...